A History of Persia
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A History of Persia

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A History of Persia

About this book

Sykes was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and, upon his commission as an officer in the British Army, joined a cavalry regiment in India in 1888. In November 1892, he undertook a secret mission to Samarkand (present-day Uzbekistan) to survey, on behalf of the British authorities, the Trans-Caspian Railway, recently completed by the Russians. He made trips to Persia in 1893 and 1894 for surveying and mapping, and to cultivate local leaders. In late 1894, he was appointed the first British consul for Kerm?n and Baluchistan, a position he held for the next decade. After an introduction to the climate and physical features of the country, A History of Persia provides a comprehensive history, from the early civilization of Elam (circa 2700 BC) to the adoption of the first modern constitution in 1906. Presented here is Volume II. It contains maps, illustrations, and a bibliography of sources used by Sykes.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Illustrations
  5. Maps
  6. Chapter XLIV The Early Career of Mohamed at Mecca
  7. Chapter XLV The Flight to Medina and the Establishment of Islam
  8. Chapter XLVI Islam under the First Four Caliphs.
  9. Chapter XLVII The Tragedy of Kerbela
  10. Chapter XLVIII Persia a Province of the Omayyad Caliphate
  11. Chapter XLIX Persian Ascendancy in the Early Abbasid Period
  12. Chapter L The Golden Age of Islam
  13. Chapter LI The Decay of the Caliphate and the Revival of Persian Independence
  14. Chapter LII The Coming of the Seljuk Turks
  15. Chapter LIII The Disruption of the Seljuk Empire
  16. Chapter LIV Persian Literature before the Mongol Invasion
  17. Chapter LV The Mongol Cataclysm
  18. Chapter LVI The Extinction of the Caliphate by Hulagu Khan
  19. Chapter LVII The Heathen Il-Khans of Persia
  20. Chapter LVIII Ghazan Khan, the Great Il-Khan
  21. Chapter LIX Tamerlane
  22. Chapter LX The Timurid Monarchs of Persia
  23. Chapter LXI Literature and Architecture under the Mongols
  24. Chapter LXII The Rise of the Safavi Dynasty
  25. Chapter LXIII Shah Abbas the Great
  26. Chapter LXIV The Struggle for Ascendancy in the Persian Gulf
  27. Chapter LXV Architecture and Art under the Safavi Dynasty
  28. Chapter LXVI The Decline of the Safavi Dynasty
  29. Chapter LXVII The Ghilzais of Kandahar
  30. Chapter LXVIII The Overthrow of the Safavi Dynasty
  31. Chapter LXIX The Expulsion of the Afghans
  32. Chapter LXX The Rise of Nadir Kuli to the Throne of Persia
  33. Chapter LXXI The Conquests of Nadir Shah
  34. Chapter LXXII The Last Years of Nadir Shah
  35. Chapter LXXIII The Short-lived Zand Dynasty
  36. Chapter LXXIV The Founding of the Kajar Dynasty
  37. Chapter LXXV British and French Missions at the Court of Fath Ali Shah
  38. Chapter LXXVI The Disastrous Campaigns with Russia
  39. Chapter LXXVII Persian Aggression on Afghanistan
  40. Chapter LXXVIII The Final Settlement of the Perso-Afghan Question
  41. Chapter LXXIX The Envelopment of Persia
  42. Chapter LXXX The Awakening of Persia
  43. Chapter LXXXI The State of Persia before the Revolution
  44. Chapter LXXXII The Grant of a Constitution to Persia
  45. List of Authorities
  46. Index